French Wounded. Half Returned to the Front. Paris
From September 15th to November 30th the Army Medical Service dealt with 489,733 wounded. Over half have already returned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
860 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 42 of 43
Contraband of War. Seized by Italy. Rome
The authorities have seized a large quantity of zinc and copper stored on the frontier for export to Austria, and also 42 truckloads of foodstuffs for the same…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. Allies Gaining in Belgium and France. Paris
The latest communique states:—We have made progress against the attacks between the Meuse and the Argonne and almost completely maintained our front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney's Wounded Convalesent
A cable mesage received by the naval Board from naval authorities at Colombo states that the wounded officers and men of H.M.A.S. Sydney are doing well. Most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Demonstrations
Melbourne broke out in bunting when the welcome news came through of the smashing by British squadron of three of the raiding German war vessels off the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Twentieth Century War
The Twentieth Century, instead of ushering in the Millennium, when the German lion would lie down with the Belgian lamb outside it, and the nations merge into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Peace Advocate. Views on the War
Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, the eminent advocate of world-wide peace and international understanding, has sent the following message to the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Impressions of War. a Duchess at Namur
The Duchess of Sutherland has just published an account of her six weeks' experience in Namur. When the war broke out she offered her services in…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Europe and the War. a Japanese Poet's View
Yonc Noguchi, the Japanese man of letters, a recent visitor to England, has written a biting criticism of Western civilisation as revealed by the war…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War. Allies Advancing. Wreck German Guns. Paris
The following communique was issued yesterday:—We advanced all along, the line between the sea and the River Lys, sapping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. the Allies' Progress. Heavy German Cannonade Paris
Since the beginning of the war Ponta Mousson has been bombarded forty-five times. It transpires that on September 5 at Jezainville, the Germans lost 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany and Her Soldiers
The German casualty lists naturally contain a very high ratio of officers' names, and the military authorities in Berlin are much concerned over the problem of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gallant Soldiers. Heedless of Bullets. London
An account of how two British soldiers won the Victoria Cross states that after the Manchester had made two unsuccessful attempts at recapturing the trenches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia's Great Soldier
The Grand Duke Nicholas, who has supreme command of the largest army that has ever been mustered for War, is at man of striking personal appearance, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →First War Peer
Mr. Walter Cunliffe, upon whom a peerage has been conferred, is Governor of the Bank or England. The honour is in recognition of his services to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The "Eye-witness." Privileged War Writer
It is now an open secret that "Eye-Witness," the pleasantly garrulous chronicler of military matters, who writes the accounts issued by the Press Bureau, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Kitchener Way. Feared at War Office
As a Cabinet Minister, Earl Kitchener, writes the London correspondent of a New York newspaper, is a constant source of wonderment to his colleagues. He arrives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany and the War. Responsibility Denied. Amsterdam
Dr. Von Bethmann Hollweg, the German Chancellor, has sent circulars to the German diplomats abroad, denying the statement of M. Viviani, the French Premier,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War. German Attacks Repulsed by the Allies. Paris
The following communique was issued yesterday:—A fog paralysed the operations from the Sea to the River Lys…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brussels' War Levy Cancelled by Germany. Special Tax Imposed. Paris
"Le Journal" reports that Germany has cancelled the war levy imposed on Brussels owing to the declaration by the United States that such action was a violation…
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